The national debt ceiling deal does not rescue President Barack Obama's crashing job approval
rating in Florida as he gets a negative 44 - 51 percent score among voters surveyed August 1 - 2,
after the deal was announced, compared to a negative 44 - 50 percent score among voters
surveyed July 27 - 31, before the deal, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

This compares to a positive 51 - 43 percent approval rating for President Obama in a May
26 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll.

Florida voters surveyed after the deal say 50 - 42 percent that Obama does not deserve to
be reelected, compared to a 47 - 46 percent split before the deal and 50 - 44 percent support for
his reelection May 26.

"President Barack Obama's numbers in the key swing state of Florida have gone south in
the last two months. The debt ceiling deal is not making any difference in that decline and any
bounce he got from the bin Laden operation is long since gone," said Peter Brown, assistant
director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "The president's drop off is huge among
independent voters who now disapprove almost 2-1."

The post-debt deal poll shows little change in Obama's May approval among Republicans
and Democrats. But among independent voters he plummets from a 47 - 45 percent split in May
to a 61 - 33 percent disapproval today.

"Gov. Rick Perry's stock is rising even before he announces whether he'll run," said
Brown. "U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, who had been surging in other states, is stalled."

Florida voters approve 50 - 37 percent of the debt ceiling deal, but only 2 percent say
they are enthusiastic about it; 41 percent are satisfied but not enthusiastic; 36 percent are
dissatisfied but not angry, while 18 percent, including 23 percent of independent voters, say they
are angry.

Obama acted in their best interests in the debt ceiling deal, 36 percent of voters say,
compared to 32 percent who say that about House Speaker John Boehner and 12 percent who
say Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acted in their best interest.

In the pre-agreement poll, voters said 46 - 33 percent they thought Obama rather than the
Republicans had acted more responsibly in the negotiations.

The race for the GOP senate nomination remains wide open with 53 percent of
Republicans undecided. Michael McCalister, a retired military official and businessman, gets 15
percent followed by former Sen. George LeMieux at 12 percent, businessman Craig Miller at 8
percent and former House GOP leader Adam Hasner at 6 percent.

From July 27 - 31, Quinnipiac University surveyed 674 registered voters with a
margin of error of +/- 3.8 percent. August 1 - 2, 743 registered voters were surveyed
with a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percent. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.
The total survey of 1,417 registered voters surveyed from July 27 - August 2 includes 510
Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.3 percent.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia
and the nation as a public service and for research.
For more data or RSS feed- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml, call (203) 582-5201, or
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2. (If registered Republican) If the 2012 Republican primary for
United States Senator were being held today, and the candidates were Adam Hasner,
George LeMieux, Craig Miller and Mike McCalister for whom would you vote?

TREND: (If registered Republican)If the 2012 Republican primary for
United States Senator were being held today, and the candidates were Adam Hasner,
George LeMieux, Craig Miller and Mike McCalister for whom would you vote?
(*na=not asked in survey reported)

16. Looking ahead to the 2012 election for United States Senator...
If the 2012 election for United States Senator were being held today, do you
think you would vote for Bill Nelson the Democratic candidate, or for the
Republican candidate?

TREND: Looking ahead to the 2012 election for United States Senator...If the
2012 election for United States Senator were being held today, do you think you
would vote for Bill Nelson the Democratic candidate, or for the Republican
candidate?

31. As you may know, President Obama and Congressional leaders reached a deal to
raise the government's debt ceiling while cutting spending by about
$2.4 trillion. Do you approve or disapprove of this deal?

32. I am going to mention four phrases and ask you which one best describes how
you feel about this deal. Do you feel - enthusiastic, satisfied but not
enthusiastic, dissatisfied but not angry, or angry?